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The document discusses screw thread nomenclature and representation. It provides examples of how metric screw threads are designated using the letter M followed by the diameter and pitch values. It also discusses other thread types like square, ACME, and worm threads. It describes how threads are represented in drawings, showing crests with a thick line and roots with a thin line. Hidden threads use dotted lines, and threaded parts in section use hatching extending to the crest line. The document also provides methods for drawing hexagonal and square nuts, giving dimensional relationships and showing how to lay out the views, chamfers, and arcs.

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Threads

The document discusses screw thread nomenclature and representation. It provides examples of how metric screw threads are designated using the letter M followed by the diameter and pitch values. It also discusses other thread types like square, ACME, and worm threads. It describes how threads are represented in drawings, showing crests with a thick line and roots with a thin line. Hidden threads use dotted lines, and threaded parts in section use hatching extending to the crest line. The document also provides methods for drawing hexagonal and square nuts, giving dimensional relationships and showing how to lay out the views, chamfers, and arcs.

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Threads

Screw thread Nomenclature

Page 78 from the Machine Drawing


Screw thread Nomenclature

The diameter-pitch combination of an ISO metric screw thread is designated by the


letter ‘M’ followed by the value of the nominal diameter and pitch, the two values
being separated by the sign ‘×’. For example, a diameter pitch combination of
nominal diameter 10 mm and pitch 1.25 mm is designated as M10 × 1.25.

If there is no indication of pitch in the designation, it shall mean the coarse pitch.
For example, M 10 means that the nominal diameter of the thread is 10 mm and
pitch is 1.5 mm.

Following are the other designations, depending on the shape of the thread profile :
SQ 40 × 10 – SQUARE thread of nominal diameter 40 mm and pitch 10 mm
ACME 40 × 8 – ACME thread of nominal diameter 40 mm and pitch 8 mm
WORM 40 × 10 – WORM thread of nominal diameter 40 mm and pitch 10 mm
Thread profiles
Multi-start thread
Right and left hand threads
Representation of a thread

It may be noted from the above figure, that the crests of threads are indicated by a continuous thick line and the roots, by a continuous thin line. For hidden screw
threads, the crests and roots are indicated by dotted lines. For threaded parts in section, hatching should be extended to the line defining the crest of the thread.
In the view from side, the threaded roots are represented by a portion of a circle, drawn with a continuous thin line, of length approximately three-quarters of the
circumference. The limit of useful length of screw threads is represented by a continuous thick line or a dotted line, depending on its visibility. The length upto
which the incomplete threads are formed beyond the useful limit, is known as a run-out. It is represented by two inclined lines.
Representation of a thread
Illustrates the schematic representation of square threads
Methods of Drawing Hexagonal Nut
Method 1
Empirical relations :
Major or nominal diameter of bolt = D
Thickness of nut, T = D
Width of nut across flat surfaces, W = 1.5D + 3mm
Radius of chamfer, R = 1.5D

• Draw the view from above by drawing a circle of diameter, W and describe a regular hexagon on it, by
keeping any two parallel sides of the hexagon, horizontal.
• Project the view from the front, and the view from side, and mark the height equal to D.
• With radius R, draw the chamfer arc 2-1-3 passing through the point 1 in the front face.
• Mark points 4 and 5, lying in-line with 2 and 3.
Methods of Drawing Hexagonal Nut
• Locate points 8,9 on the top surface, by projecting from the view from above.
• Draw the chamfers 4–8 and 5–9.
• Locate points 6 and 7, lying at the middle of the outer two faces.
• Draw circular arcs passing through the points 4, 6, 2 and 3, 7, 5, after determining the radius R1 geometrically.
• Project the view from the side and locate points 10, 11 and 12.
• Mark points 13 and 14, lying at the middle of the two faces (view from the side).
• Draw circular arcs passing through the points 10, 13, 11 and 11, 14, 12, after determining the radius R2 geometrically.
• It may be noted that in the view from the front, the upper outer corners appear chamfered.
• In the view from the side, where only two faces are seen, the corners appear square.
Methods of Drawing Hexagonal Nut
• Method 2
Empirical relations :
Major or nominal diameter of bolt = D
Thickness of nut, T = D
Width of the nut across corners = 2 D
Radius of chamfer arc, R = 1.5 D
Methods of Drawing Square Nut
A square bolt head and nut may be drawn, showing either across flats or
corners. Following relations may be adopted for the purpose:
• Major or nominal diameter of bolt = D
• Thickness of nut, T = D
• Width of the nut across flats, W = 1.5 D + 3 mm
• Radius of chamfer arc, R = 2 D

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